As you can see by the poster, UN Fest is at the Ottobar this weekend. As you can also see, it’s a whole bunch of bands and we don’t even know where to begin with a write-up on it. Solid lineups for both days.

But what you can’t see on the poster is that the pre-party is at the Metro Gallery tonight. And pre-parties are important, you know? You’ve got to take Thursday to lay down a good buzz at the bar to prevent Sunday morning hangovers. You need to go to Metro and forget your earplugs so that you’re sure to remember them Friday and Saturday and not get tinnitus.

Plus tonight’s show features Slow Jerks and is the debut of Second Best Western along with Asstro Zombies.

And you know the rules: if you go all October without hearing a Misfits cover set they strip your Fiend Club membership and you’re not punk anymore. You don’t want that, do you?

UN Fest poster by Nolen Strals.